Registration process

Use the Registration process to allow a user’s mobile devices be paired to users.

Select the type of pairing you will allow for your users. PingID SDK supports two types of pairing:

Automatic pairing:

Registration of a device behind the scenes means that during user authentication, a customer server communicates with PingID SDK to generate a token. The token allows pairing a device to the user. The user is not aware of this, and is not required to type or scan anything.

Automatic pairing has the advantage of a positive user experience: PingID SDK works behind the scenes, with minimal interaction with a user.

Manual pairing is relevant for pairing a user’s first device, when requiring interaction with the user. The end user should enter or scan a pairing key which was provided to them in advance, on their mobile device.

Manual pairing has the advantage of flexibility. It allows the customer mobile application the following capabilities:

Separation of the registration and authentication processes.

Management of the logic to determine what the user’s pairing key should match. The customer mobile application logic may choose that the pairing key should match one user, or a group of users.
Manual pairing requires the development of new flows between the application and server.